System and method to assess serviceability of device
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorSridhar Nuthi
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Abstract
A system and method to assess a serviceability of a machine having a field replaceable unit (FRU) is provided. A controller can perform the steps of tracking performance parameters of the machine; calculating and comparing a performance index; generating requests for service of the FRU of the machine based on the performance index, the requests for service not including replacement of the FRU; detecting completion of a events to service the FRU of the machine; calculating an asset healability index representative of a trend in the performance index over time between each of the events to service the FRU; and generating a request for replacement of the FRU instead of another request to service the FRU based on a comparison of the asset healability index relative to a second predetermined threshold.
Claims20
A system to assess a serviceability of a machine having a field replaceable unit (FRU), the system comprising:
- a controller having a processor in communication to execute computer readable program instructions stored in a non-transitory medium, the program instructions representative of the steps of:
- tracking the performance parameter of the machine over time;
- calculating a performance index representative of a comparison of the measure of the performance parameter relative to a first predetermined threshold;
- generating a plurality of requests for service of the FRU of the machine based on the performance index, the plurality of requests for service not including replacement of the FRU;
- detecting completion of a plurality of events to service the FRU of the machine in response to the plurality of requests for service;
- calculating an asset healability index representative of a trend in the performance index over time between each of the events to service the FRU of the machine;
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- generating a request for replacement of the FRU of the machine instead of another request to service the FRU on the machine based on a comparison of the asset healability index relative to a second predetermined threshold.
A method to assess a serviceability of a machine, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a connection from a remote workstation to selectively communicate via a server over a network with the machine;
- tracking the performance parameter of the machine over time;
- calculating a performance index representative of a comparison of the measure of the performance parameter relative to a first predetermined threshold;
- generating a plurality of requests for service of a FRU of the machine based on the performance index, the plurality of requests for service not including replacement of the FRU;
- detecting completion of a plurality of events to service the FRU of the machine in response to the plurality of requests for service;
- calculating an asset healability index representative of a trend in the performance index over time between each of the events to service the FRU of the machine;
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- generating a request for replacement of the FRU of the machine instead of another request to service the FRU on the machine based on a comparison of the asset healability index relative to a second predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.